Asian Tennis Federation
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Members of ATF
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| Type | Sport Association |
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| Headquarters | Continental Federations |
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Region served
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Asia |
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Membership
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44 Asian nations |
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President
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Anil Khanna |
| Website | asiantennis.com |
The Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the International Tennis Federation. It is a continental body of national tennis associations of Asian countries. The ATF's main objectives are to raise the standard of Asian tennis and to popularize tennis sport among the people of Asia. There are currently 44 member associations who represents their respective nations. The ATF works closely with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and supports its member associations through the implementation of a wide range of programs.
The Board of Director is the elected group of members from national tennis bodies of Asian nations, the current list of members is:-
(Juniors & Development)
(South Asia)
(East Asia)
(South-East Asia)
(West Asia)
(Central Asia)
Asia is the most populous continent but tennis still remains a sport under development. Besides a couple of nations like India, China, Japan and Thailand who have produced some world class players, tennis does not have a very long and fruitful history. There are 289 futures and challengers in a year in Europe, while Asia in comparison only has 61 of these tournaments. Even South America has 81, where there are only ten states and where players from the other World rarely go due to remoteness.
This is a list of official sponsors of ATF:
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